Just to continue a space program because it's a space program? No, I don't think we have an obligation for that.

I'm an old man of 73, and I've been around a long time. If I don't know something by now, I probably never will.

If Bruce Jenner says he's woman then I'm not gonna argue with him. I know what obviously and biologically he is.

You guys are both saying the same thing. The only reason you're arguing is because you're using different words.

When Pat Robertson says there is no constitutional doctrine of separation of church and state, I say he is wrong.

The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man

I want our young people to believe as we did that there is no goal too high to reach if they are willing to work.

It still surprises me when I find something in any North Carolina newspaper that isn't mad at me about something.

Putting the budget ahead of the policy is the wrong way to do it. It's too often the way it's done in Washington.

It is very important that the president thematically shows where we're going in terms of the vision and an agenda.

The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man.

Stubborn opposition to proposals often has no other basis than the complaining question, 'Why wasn't I consulted?'

I come from a part of the world - raised in a part of the world where you're born a Democrat, baptized a Democrat.

Broken things are powerful."Things about to break are stronger still.The last shot from the brittle bow is truest.

I will seek to reverse the shift of benefits from Medicaid to Medicare and hold harmless our seniors and disabled.

If we want to secure the best jobs in the future, we must make America the best place in the world to do business.

Our problem is not the lack of knowing; it is the lack of doing. Most people know far more than they think they do

Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world.

The Democratic Party has become the party of Bernie Sanders, I mean they are the progressives. That's who control.

If you think Abraham Lincoln became famous for inventing the town car, it is time to spend a few hours on history.

I can't see where there is anywhere left to move. If you don't have a recount it's hard to receive any more votes.

I am opposed to anybody making a decision for you or me or anybody else about what health care plan we should have.

When the students are occupied, they're not juvenile delinquents. I believe that education is a capital investment.

The sole purpose and effect of it is to exclude persecution and to secure the important right of religious liberty.

There is a major ingredient missing from our perception of how changes are brought about; that ingredient is power.

I want to make sure that the American worker has an opportunity to see their wages rise and their incomes increase.

Everybody knows full well my passion about defeating Barack Obama. Over my dead body would I vote for Barack Obama.

Pick any other Republican in the country. He is the worst Republican in the country to put up against Barack Obama.

In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read.

The demand for electricity to have a strong, growing economy is too great to be simply offset by more conservation.

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.

I think my independence was a big help to getting Judges Roberts and Alito confirmed, and I think that's recognized.

The Conservative knows that to regard man as part of an undifferentiated mass is to consign him to ultimate slavery.

If the newspapers of a country are filled with good news, the jails of that country will be filled with good people.

The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil.

The anti-tax-cut, soft-on-defense, big-spending Democrats will take the Democratic Party to the edge and maybe over.

It's proper and appropriate to remind the Chinese about what they get out of solid relations with the United States.

I want to look at the whole package, but I definitely want to protect the middle-class taxpayer, first and foremost.

Too often our Washington reflex is to discover a problem and then throw money at it, hoping it will somehow go away.

There are two things that are important in politics. The first is money and I can’t remember what the second one is.

A troop surge in Baghdad would put more American troops at risk to address a problem that is not a military problem.

I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone.

There is a long-standing tradition in America of scoffing at poets, especially if they show any interest in politics.

I learned long ago on the battlefields of Vietnam that in a crisis, there is no substitute for clear-eyed leadership.

If you want an abortion you go to Planned Parenthood and that’s well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does.

It is a revolution, and it can no more be checked by human effort... than a prarie fire by a gardener's watering pot.

It is our conduct, our patriotism and belief in our American way of life, our courage that will win the final battle.

We are seeing it. We are seeing the fabric of this country fall apart, and it’s falling apart because of single moms.

I really think that it's better to retire, in Uncle Earl's terms, when you still have some snap left in your garters.

As chairman of the Senate subcommittee responsible for NASA appropriations, I say not a penny for this nutty fantasy.

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